Flash Flood Watch until 01:00PM Wednesday
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Flash Flood Watch for portions of central Georgia...east central Georgia...north central Georgia...northeast Georgia... northwest Georgia and west central Georgia...including the following areas...in central Georgia...Baldwin...Butts... Jasper...Jones...Monroe and Putnam. In east central Georgia... Greene...Hancock...Taliaferro...Warren and Wilkes. In north central Georgia...Barrow...Cherokee...Clayton...Cobb... Dawson...DeKalb...Douglas...Fayette...Forsyth...Gwinnett... Hall...Henry...Morgan...Newton...North Fulton...Pickens... Rockdale...South Fulton and Walton. In northeast Georgia... Banks...Clarke...Jackson...Madison...Oconee and Oglethorpe. In northwest Georgia...Bartow...Carroll...Chattooga...Floyd... Gordon...Haralson...Paulding and Polk. In west central Georgia...Coweta...Harris...Heard...Lamar...Meriwether... Pike...Spalding...Talbot...Troup and Upson.
* Through Wednesday afternoon
* A cold front will move southeast across the forecast area late tonight through Wednesday. This front will bring another round of locally heavy rainfall to much of north and central Georgia. Rainfall amounts of one to two inches will be possible, with locally higher amounts possible. Soils remain saturated and several rivers, creeks and streams remain near or in flood, so any additional rainfall will only create run off and exacerbate ongoing flooding conditions.
* Flash flooding and minor flooding of larger creeks and rivers is possible. This may close some roads and could flood homes and businesses in flood-prone areas. Along larger creeks and rivers, flooding could last for several days.
* AFFECTED AREAS: BARROW ... MONROE ... BUTTS ... WALTON ... UPSON ... DAWSON ... FAYETTE ... FORSYTH ... TROUP ... TALIAFERRO ... OGLETHORPE ... DOUGLAS ... CHATTOOGA ... MERIWETHER ... JASPER ... PIKE ... ROCKDALE ... GWINNETT ... PAULDING ... HALL ... MORGAN ... PUTNAM ... HEARD ... CARROLL ... CLAYTON ... JONES ... SPALDING ... DEKALB ... TALBOT ... BANKS ... COBB ... OCONEE ... HANCOCK ... FLOYD ... BARTOW ... BALDWIN ... GORDON ... HARRIS ... HARALSON ... HENRY ... NORTH FULTON ... MADISON ... LAMAR ... JACKSON ... COWETA ... WARREN ... CLARKE ... GREENE ... NEWTON ... WILKES ... POLK ... PICKENS ... CHEROKEE ... SOUTH FULTON
Instructions:
A Flash Flood Watch means that conditions may develop that lead to flash flooding. Flash flooding is a very dangerous situation. You should monitor later forecasts and be prepared to take action should Flash Flood Warnings be issued.
Address/Location
Spalding County Sheriff's Office
401 Justice Blvd
Griffin, GA 30224
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 770-467-4282
TEXT-A-TIP - Text TIP SPALDING followed by your message, to 888777
Alert Details
- Severity:
- Severe - Significant threat to life or property
- Urgency:
- Future - Responsive action SHOULD be taken in the near future
- Certainty:
- Possible (p <= ~50%)
- Category:
- Meteorological (inc. flood)
- Event:
- Flash Flood Watch